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J. M. LEVIE.

BOX. APPLIOATIOK FILED JUNE 1, 1914.

Patented Sept 29, 1914.

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.tainer and cover JOSEPH M. LEVIE, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1914. Serial No. 842,044.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. LEVIE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention, while applicable in a general way to boxes provided with flanged covers, is designed more particularly for use in connection with boxes ordinarily made of paper, card board, or similar light material, and of elongated shape, as for instance of the telescopic case cover is in the form of a sheath slidable over the container or box section.

The object of the invention to render such receptacles novel and attractive in ::p pearance and manipulation by utilizing the longitudinal alinement and relative move ment of the parts in eifecting peculiar or amusing changes in a composite picture or esign with which the exterior of the conmay be embellished, as hereinafter more scribed and claimed specifically,-a distinctive feature of the invention consisting in imposing component and coincident parts of a design or picture upon both the cover sheath and the container section, and extending portions of the design or picture upon the container section parallel to the sides thereof, or, in other words in alinement with the prescribed motion of the cover section upon the container section, so that, as the cover section is withdrawn, or moved back and forth on the container section, or vice versa, the design, or picture as a whole, will be distorted or varied in appearance by elongation or contraction. By this means the box itself, in addition to its function as a package holder, or receptacle, becomes an object of interest and amusement, and its value as a container for commercial commodities, especially confections, &c., is greatly enhanced. s

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a side view of an elongated rectangular box, made in accordance with my invention,

contracted or closed; Fig. 2, a like view with a longitudinal transverse secthe parts extended; Fig. 3, section of the box; Fig. 4, a tion thereof.

I have herein for convenience of illustration, shown the box of fiat, elongated rectangular shape, although it may be square,

type, in which the sign or picture a,

fully set forth, and deoval, or even round in cross section if means are provided to maintain the alinement of the cover part a, while positioned upon the container 6 and with relation thereto,-said cover or sheath being slidable longitudinally on said container but not rotatable thereon. If of angular or ovalform in cross section, it is obvious that the shape of the parts will insure their sliding o-neupon the other without turning laterally the one upon the other, and hence the component parts of acomposite design or picture imposed upon any side of the box, considered as a whole, will always be in alinement longitudinally. "Obviously, then, the telescoping of the sheath or cover a,

alinement therewith, and without lateral roj tation or movement thereon, is of importance in giving practical effect to my invention, wnlch consists essentially of a composite deside of both the cover 0, and the bod component part of the pictorial design imposed on the latter being also formed with one or more extensions 6, of a part or parts of said pictorial design projecting parallel to the line of prescribed movement of the box sections 6, 0, upon and with relation to each other. Thus in the illustration shown in the drawings, the necks e, e, of the swans are apparently extensible or contractible as the sections 6, 0, other in either one direction or the other, While the main features of the design 'or picture otherwise .remain essentially the same irrespective of the length of the box. Obviously, also, an infinite variety of pictorial designs may be resorted to in carrying out the essential idea of my invention, andmany novel and interesting efi'ects may be produced, all dependent upon the apparent elongation or contraction of some portion or portions of the design or picture as the sheath 0, is slid. back or forth on the container b, or vice versa.

The box sections 6, 0, may be made of any suitable or desired material, as wood, paper, cardboard, or even metal, as may be found most expedient for the-purpose of special use.

The pictorial design may be imposed u on the component parts of box by any suita le, desired, or well known means, and the embellishment may be more or less artistic and elaborate according to the purpose for which the receptacle is designed. Where the parts Patented Sept. 29, 1-914.

a, imposed on the same b, the

on the container 5, in

are slid the one upon the souvenir and similar purp of the box are made of paper or card board, as a comparatively cheap receptacle fol-can'- dies &c., the pictorial design may be printed directly upon the exterior of the blanks like the ot er printed matter with which such packages are usually impressed; whereas for oses the production of the pictorial design may be more elaborate and expensive.

By the term pictorial design I herein mean to designate any representation of objects, figures, diagrams, views &c., that may be found ada table, appropriate or expedient. It will 0 course be understood that the ictorial design is complete or in normal orm and ap earance when the box is closed,- 5. c. with the sheath c,'\covering the container section b, to the fullest extent, as in Fig. 1, of the drawings; that the elongation or extension e, of the design is necessarily upon thecontainer section b, as shown in Fig. 2; and that such elongation or extension e, must be in alinemeht with or parallel to the prescribed longitudinal adjustability of the parts with relation to each other. Furthermore one or more sides or edges of the receptacle, or all of them, may be thus embell' bed with either a single pictorial design with extensible parts, or each with its separate design having an extensible part or parts.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

A box of the character designated comprising a container section and a cover sheath slidable longitudinally thereon and in prescribed alinement with relation thereto, said container section and cover sheath being formed with a-composite pictorial design, the component art of the design on the container section' being formed with an extended portion parallel to the prescribed line of movement of the container section and the cover sheath the one upon the other, for the purpose described.

JOSEPH M. LEVIE. Witnesses:

I. B. Rrrm, Gno. WM. Mwrr; 

